U.S. officials, Syrian rebels and regional security
sources
told Reutersthe warplanes hit a weapons convoy
carrying antiaircraft missiles from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon
whilerebels attacked the facility at about the same
time with"six 120 millimetre
mortars."

Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi condemned the strike,
saying that the "Israeli aggression... is a clear violation of
the territory of an Arab state and of its sovereignty, going
against the UN charter and the rules of international law."

Russia's foreign ministry said that "we are
dealing with unprovoked attacks on targets on the territory of a
sovereign country, which blatantly violates the UN Charter and is
unacceptable, no matter the motives to justify it."

On Tuesday IsraeliMinister of Home Front
DefenceAvi Dichter told Israel Radio that options
to prevent Syria from using or transferring chemical or
conventional weapons included deterrence and “attempts to hit the
stockpiles."

Diplomats in the Middle East familiar with Jamraya told Reuters
that the sprawling complex is a crucial element of Syria's
missile program that also has a chemical weapons facility.

A Free Syrian Army statement said that Iranian, Russian and
Hezbollah members were at the complex helping develop chemical
and other weapons including 'barrel bombs' used by Assad's air
force.

Former top military intelligence official Danny Rothschild
recently told army radio that Israel "could face an attack by
Hezbollah or possibly Syria, that's why we must prepare our
defences and Iron Dome is part of that."

On Tuesday Israeli Air Force (IAF) chief Major-General Amir
Eshel
told an international aerospace conferencethat the IAF
was involved in "a campaign between wars," working with Israeli
intelligence agencies in often covert missions "to reduce the
immediate threats [and] to create better conditions in which we
will be able to win the wars, when they
happen."